DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire broke out early Monday at a 35-story high-rise in downtown Dubai near the world’s tallest building, racing up the side of the structure in the same way seen in other blazes fueled by flammable siding material.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A bus slammed into two trucks and caught fire on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring 18 others, officials said.
The crash occurred on a highway near the town of Tutak, in Agri province in eastern Turkey that borders Iran and Armenia. The cause of the crash was under investigation, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Television footage showed thick black smoke billowing from the scene.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the deaths while addressing a ceremony for the inauguration of projects for rural areas.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,″ the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish,” on avoiding further climate catastrophe, singling out the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States.
Islamabad, Nov 7 (PTI) Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has called on President Arif Alvi to "act now" and stop the massive "abuse" of citizens at the hands of "rogue elements" in the government.
In a letter to the president on Sunday, Khan stated that since the removal of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, the country has been “confronted with an ever-increasing scale of false allegations, harassment, arrests, and custodial torture”.
07 Nov 2022; MEMO: Oman's SalamAir withdrew from participating in the Bahrain International Air show, while the Kuwaiti Finance House removed its logo from the list of sponsors due to the participation of Israeli companies in the show.
This is the first time Israeli companies have participated in the international exhibition that takes place every two years.
06 Nov 2022; MEMO: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has on Thursday launched the kingdom's first electric vehicle brand, named Ceer. It is hoped the announcement will attract over $150 million in investment and lead to the creation of up to 30,000 jobs.
07 Nov 2022; MEMO: With the assistance of the US, Israel is planning to undermine a new Palestinian move at the UN calling for urgent opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICC) on the legality of the Israeli occupation.
Ynet News reported yesterday that the Special Politics and Decolonisation Committee is expected to discuss the matter on Wednesday.
RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, called on the U.S. to compel Israel, to stop its violations against the Palestinians, in the Palestinian territories.
Abbas made the appeal in a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said an official press statement.
During their conversation, Abbas briefed Blinken on “the Israeli aggressions against the Palestinian people in cities, villages, and camps, including sieges, killings, house demolitions, and settlements’ expansion.”
DUBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hardline Iranian lawmakers urged the judiciary on Sunday to "deal decisively" with perpetrators of unrest, as the Islamic Republic struggles to suppress the biggest show of dissent in years.
Widespread anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by morality police for allegedly flouting the strict dress code imposed on women.
RAMALLAH, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian was killed and another seriously injured on Saturday in clashes with Israeli soldiers northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry and eyewitnesses said.
The ministry said in a press release that Mos'ab Nafal, 18, from the village of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, was killed after he was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers.
Eyewitnesses in Ramallah said Israeli soldiers opened fire at the two men while they were throwing stones at Israeli military vehicles near the village.
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